Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Party, and finally, Buenos Aires!

After the closing ceremony, the Wikimania party started at 10:00 pm. This was my favorite party until now: No shows, no announcements, no presentations, simply party, dancing, laughing, chatting. I enjoyed it a lot. I think to put the party on the last day of the conference is really a very good idea.

The next day I had finally time to do some sight seeing in the city. Because I must leave at 6:00 pm for airport, I decided to make a bus tour with three other Wikimedians. I am really happy that we did this, because otherwise I would only have the picture of a street valley in my memory about this beautiful city. The old wharf scatter La Boca, which is now a day a hip. But behind the main street facade or on the less visited street you can still see the remains of the scatter. The Ecological Reserve that is build upon landfill wasts. While in the downtown city it seems only sparrow and pigeon had servived here are plenty of wild birds, most easily to see are the parrots. The port area is a modern area with skyscrapers, but also broad streets where people jogging, inline-scating and bycicling. The northern part of the city has some big parks, squares and are pretty green.

We made two stops, and at the end of the tour I have also had to pick up my luggage for airport.